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زبان
/ zabân /
noun · language, tongue
Say itza-BÂN
Meaning
معنی۱
Iranian families take زبان مادری seriously. Diaspora parents wrestle with whether their kids will keep فارسی as a real زبان or only a few warm phrases. The phrase زبان دراز, "long-tongued," is a common rebuke for a child who talks back to elders, where silence is read as respect.
In a sentence
مثالزبان فارسی
zabân-e fârsi
Persian language
زبان مادری
zabân-e mâdari
mother tongue
زبانم سوخت
zabânam sukht
my tongue burned
چند تا زبان بلدی؟
chand tâ zabân baladi?
How many languages do you know?
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
زبانشناسی
zabân-shenâsi
linguistics
زبانآموز
zabân-âmuz
language learner
دو زبانه
do-zabâne
bilingual
زبان دراز
zabân-derâz
sharp-tongued (literally: long-tongued)
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
زبانzabân
سر زبان افتادنsar-e zabân oftâdanدرازderâzتندtondزباندرازzabân-derâzزبان خارجیzabân-e khârejiحرف زدنharf zadanزبانzabân
keeps company with ۶ words